DEMIES

Noun

demies

plural of demy

Anagrams

• Medise, demise, medise

Source: Wiktionary


DEMY

De*my", n.; pl. Demies. Etym: [See Demi-.]

1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.

2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also demi.] He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson.

De*my", a.

Definition: Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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